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Nassington School - School Sports Premium
What is the School Sports Premium?
As part of the Olympic legacy, the Department of Education and the Department of Health have
made £150 million available to all primary schools in the United Kingdom. This equates to a grant of
£8000 per school, plus an additional £5 per pupil in key stages one and two.
The funding is ringfenced, meaning that it can only be spent on improving the provision of physical
education, school sport and healthy, active lifestyles. Suggested uses for the money include, but are
not limited to:
•hiring specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches to work with primary teachers when
teaching PE
•supporting and engaging the least active children through new or additional Change4Life clubs
•paying for professional development opportunities for teachers in PE and sport
•providing cover to release primary teachers for professional development in PE and sport
•running sport competitions, or increasing pupils’ participation in the School Games
•buying quality assured professional development modules or materials for PE and sport
•providing places for pupils on after school sports clubs and holiday clubs
•pooling the additional funding with that of other local schools.
Initially planned as a two year scheme, it has recently been announced that the sports premium
funding will continue until 2020.
Use of funds to date and proposed actions
1.
Bought into Corby Oundle and Thrapston School Sports Partnership (COTSSP) Enhanced Model
(£2500). This model provides a member of staff from Prince William School for half a day a week.
This member of staff is dedicated to facilitating and monitoring effective use of the sports premium
for the duration of the school year. This member of staff is the Sports Premium Officer (SPO).
To date, the SPO has:
Reviewed and replaced whole school PE policy
Written and begun to implement a PE and sport development plan
Facilitated staff training in the change 4 life programme
Composed and delivered a school wide survey of physical activity and sport in school and at home
Reviewed the PE curriculum and identified areas of development and new schemes of work
Identified new assessment structures for PE
Begun the process of creating a school sports council
Implemented tracking systems to monitor whole school participation in level one, two and three
school games events.
Implemented budget tracking systems that monitor both spending and impact of spending
Aided commencement of Change 4 Life sports club
An increase in level one school games provision
Delivered young leader training
Provided training opportunities to upskill teachers
Increased provision of ‘non-traditional’ sports to enhance participation
In lesson support for teachers
Gained funding and implemented an Olympic Legacy project alongside the BOA
Created links with Northampton Saints RFC and Northamptonshire County Cricket Club through
community schemes and player visits.
This has benefited the school/pupils by:
Taking admin work away from teachers to allow them to focus on curriculum delivery
Making the school better prepared for government inspection
Providing the baseline measurements for assessing the impact of the sports premium funding
Allowing staff to access more training of better quality and relevance
Improving PE provision and preparing for the new national curriculum
Providing staff with better, more current assessment structures
Increasing pupil voice in school
Providing pupils with better PE and sport, therefore better opportunities to develop athletic,
personal and social skills.
Providing a wider range of physical activity, allowing each child to find an activity for life and develop
a broader range of skills
Increased motivation toward and ownership of learning
The SPO plans to deliver:
An improved gifted and talented programme for the enhanced cluster of schools
A range of coaches to provide subject specific guidance to teachers
100% engagement in level one school games activity
50% of children will access a level two school games activity
100% of SEND pupils engaged in project ability activities
Full audit of staff needs
Full audit of equipment
Schools Sports Promotional material
This will allow children to:
Move into community clubs and develop their skills
Participate in sports they would not otherwise have the opportunity to try
Access competition at a level appropriate to their ability
Understand the value of living a healthy, active lifestyle
Make better choices around diet and exercise
Access high quality, appropriate equipment
Access outstanding PE and school sport 100% of the time
This will allow staff to:
Deliver a wide range of activities
Involve pupils in the decision making process
Access the best possible training
Become more confident in delivering and assessing PE
Create an environment in which healthy competition is used as a tool for learning and development
Throughout the year, the SPO will act as point of contact for all school staff who have any questions
or support needs around any aspect of school sport and PE.
Being part of the Enhanced Schools cluster also brings rewards in socio-cultural development. The
cluster spans many diverse areas and populations, but the areas of need and development are often
similar. Working together to solve common problems will help staff development and share good
practice. Pupils will meet and compete with children from different backgrounds and cultures,
promoting the values of equality and friendship.
Cluster membership also benefits Nassington School, as some training that would otherwise perhaps
be too costly to access can be put on by a larger school and attended by our staff as members of the
Enhanced Model.
2.
Bought into School Games Participation. This gives access to school games competition and
frameworks for the year. Pupils will have the opportunity to compete in a range of sports, with the
aim of qualifying for the county (level three) and then national (level four) School Games. This buy in
also includes a level one tournament to be run by a member of the hub schools PE teaching staff and
key stage four young leaders. This will model good practice to school staff, sports council and young
leaders, and provide the blueprint from which future level one completion can be conducted.
3.
Northamptonshire School Sports and PE Conference.
Members of staff attended the above conference, where they attended workshops on the new
curriculum, inclusion, improved deliver, assessment and healthy lifestyles. Keynote speakers
included Baroness Sue Campbell, chair of the Youth Sport Trust, former world badminton champion
Gail Emms, the Right Hon. Chris Heaton-Harris MP and the Director of Public Health for
Northamptonshire.
4.
Real PE
Our PE coordinator is attending Create Development’s Real PE training. This comprehensive
programme provides a whole school scheme of work, long, medium and short term plans,
assessment tools and inclusion strategies. It is aimed at the new PE curriculum, focussing on
physical literacy and multi skills, using sport as a tool for, rather than a measurement of,
development. More information on the programme can be found at
http://www.createdevelopment.co.uk/what-is-real-pe/
5.
Project Ability
We have been working with Rhian Turnbull, Project Ability Lead for Northamptonshire, on
developing our sports provision for SEND pupils. This has included site visits and competitions.
100% of SEND pupils have participated in level one school games competition this year, and we aim
to have 100% involvement at level two.
6.
Development planning
Following the announcement that the Sports Premium funding will continue through to 2020, we are
working with our SPO to create a long term development plan for PE and school sport. Our overall
aims are to provide the best possible provision for our pupils, both in and out of school, achieve our
Gold School Games Kitemark and to be rated as outstanding in all areas of PE and sport.
It is essential to the schools continued development and commitment to physical education that the
sports premium is used in a managed, sustainable manner. Some schools have invested the grant
fully in external providers or into facilities and resources, but are neglecting staff training. The
impact of this funding must be longer term, embedding enjoyment of physical activity and healthy
living at the heart of everything we do. We have invested in new assessment structures to measure
the progress of our pupils accurately, and processes are in place to monitor participation in PE and
extra-curricular sport/physical activity.